[mythtv-users] Installing alsa-driver 1.0.23 - what did I miss?

Don Brett dlbrett at zoominternet.net
Mon Jul 26 03:47:11 UTC 2010


Jarod Wilson wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 3:40 PM, German Pulido <gapf2010 at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>>> This distro is based on Fedora-12, but from what I've seen, Fedora-12
>>> provides alsa version 1.0.21.  I'd love to install the new one by RPM but
>>> haven't found it anywhere.  Was it on the original distribution CD's, or do
>>> you have a link to it?  I tried the rpm from ATrps, but it required the
>>> Fedora-13 kernel.
>>>       
>> Hi again!
>>
>> alsa 1.0.23 is in the official Fedora updates repository:
>>     
>
> That's the *userspace* alsa bits. He needs alsa *kernel* drivers,
> which are typically included in the kernel package itself. The
> currently shipping Fedora 12 kernel has (apparently) alsa 1.0.21
> drivers in it. He's trying to build new alsa kernel drivers and get
> them to load in preference of the older kernel-provided ones.
>
> Don, if you run (as root) 'depmod -a', then 'modinfo snd', what does
> it give as a file path to snd.ko? (actually, it would be interesting
> to see what it is both before and after the depmod, particularly if it
> changes -- if it does, the depmod was all that was missing).
>
>   
Hi Jarod, it's been an interesting weekend.  The box is a bit twisted at 
the moment; I've reloaded MD-12 from scratch, run all the alsa-1.0.23 
updates (lib, lib-devel, util), , then "yum update", which did about 257 
packages.  Interesting though, it's still reporting the alsa version as 
1.0.23.

[mythtv at vanson videos]$ cat /proc/asound/version
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.

Here it is before and after:

Before depmod -a:
[root at vanson ~]# modinfo snd
filename:       
/lib/modules/2.6.32.16-141.fc12.i686/kernel/sound/core/snd.ko


After depmod -a:
[root at vanson ~]# modinfo snd
filename:       
/lib/modules/2.6.32.16-141.fc12.i686/kernel/sound/core/snd.ko

...not sure this is what you meant, so I built and installed alsa-driver 
from source again.  I've wiped the box and re-installed MD-12 since the 
last build.

...then ran depmod:
[root at vanson alsa-driver-1.0.23]# modinfo snd
filename:       
/lib/modules/2.6.32.16-141.fc12.i686/kernel/sound/acore/snd.ko

...then reboot and depmod -a again
[root at vanson ~]# modinfo snd
filename:       
/lib/modules/2.6.32.16-141.fc12.i686/kernel/sound/acore/snd.ko

...now it sees the new version.
[root at vanson ~]# cat /proc/asound/version
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
Compiled on Jul 25 2010 for kernel 2.6.32.16-141.fc12.i686 (SMP).
[root at vanson ~]#


Is it right?  Is depmod -a all I needed to do in the first place?




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